Kylah, I told you on FB that my nephew was at Ft. Collins...my SIL corrected me...he's at Ft. Carson,...which you probably knew... but he says they are being sent in to help fight the fires.


I sure hope you are reunited with your furbabies real soon. I know you are waiting on pins and needles.

Is anyone else sitting here twitching, praying, refreshing, praying, twitching, then refreshing again? Just curious!

Surely it's not just me - for those that don't pray...don't lie you are still twitching and refreshing!!!!

guilty!

JazzNZoeysmom, Fort Carson had a huge convoy of Bulldozers,Humvees and APCs heading into that area yesterday. These guys should be awesome at putting out fires seeing how many wildfires they start on base. I'm not putting down Fort Carson or the soldiers, but they are alway starting fires(intentional or unintentional) on base and have no problem putting them out.

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It's so bad...I won't lie, I am toggling between here and her facebook doing the same thing. I hope and pray that the animals and the house is all okay. Poor Kylah - this is just too much! At this point, I am just hoping they don't put an internet restraining order on me!!! The FB staff probably has me flagged....saying "uh uh, this one is crazy!"

Sending hugs for everyone!!!!

Just popped in while I'm eating dinner to see any updates and to post this: they say they are going to let some people BACK IN their homes. I'm not clear yet if this means Kylah or not. Kylah, have you heard?

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guilty!

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It's so bad...I won't lie, I am toggling between here and her facebook doing the same thing. I hope and pray that the animals and the house is all okay. Poor Kylah - this is just too much! At this point, I am just hoping they don't put an internet restraining order on me!!! The FB staff probably has me flagged....saying "uh uh, this one is crazy!"

Sending hugs for everyone!!!!

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LOL! Me too! Got 2 tabs open...FB & GG...click, click, click...

Well Jazz...we will be in the FB pokey together! LOL!!! Go look now!

aww, gotta let me in on the fb thing!

They have reported that some(less than 10) people are missing or unaccounted for.

They said people south and east of Rockrimmon can go home at 8 pm! I am looking at a map. It MIGHT be Kylah!

ETA: I am studying the map. It does look to me like Kylah's house is south of Rockrimmon.

Okay, so I finally caught up on her FB posts and am soooooo GLAD she has her fur kids out! So thankful. Doing cartwheels!

Kylah asked me to update everyone here - She is ELATED to know that the cat and the gliders are safe and well! She said that they had to look for the cat a bit because she was snuggled up in her son's bed. She has already called the vet and they are going to see him just to make sure everything is okay and stay out the evacuation but they are SAFE and WELL!!!!!

AND....the house looks good!!! This has to be a tremendous weight off of her shoulders!

Here is the update from FB from Kylah - "Ok, they are great. I had spoken to the vet while waiting and they have said to bring them in and they'd keep them overnight. They LOVE my gliders and will make sure they are healthy tonight. I gave them a cage, 2 pouches, food, water bottle and bowls. They were being fawned over already. I feel much better with them there. The cat is with us and she is great. Animal officers said they couldn't find her because she was sound asleep in Christian's bed, her normal spot. They also said the house looks good! I'm so thankful, grateful, and happy!!"


SoOoOoOoOoOoO happy for you Kylah!

Thank you for updating....I'm so happy for her. I'm sure she's shedding tears of happiness about now!

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They have reported that some(less than 10) people are missing or unaccounted for.

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Have they speculated that maybe...hopefully it is just a matter of them not being reported in accessible? Like..if they went to a red cross center and somehow didn't sign in? I am hoping that is the case. I sincerely hope they were all able to get out in time and that this is just "administrative". I always worry...with a short evacuation like Kylah's area...if someone was asleep....would they know? I personally sleep like a coma, I could easily sleep through a knock at the door or a phone call.

YAY!!! -cheers- I had to wait til I was off work to read this thread! I hope there are others in the area with animals that are able to get them back soon. My heart goes out to all the families who have struggled and are still struggling. <3<3<3<3

Hhhhooooooo! I am so glad!

I am so glad I feel like my heart is about to explode. God heard everyone's prayers.

Kylah, who came and got your pets? I offered to volunteer for the Humane Society and various other organizations with no response.They want people that are trained by them(per-emergency) to be considered a volunteer and allowed to help :(.

Looks like the guy that questioned the legality of keeping people from their homes has paid off!!

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Maybe someone can clear this up for me..are you not allowed to take your animals when your evacuated? It seems like it would be safer just to grab everyone and load up. We've never been under an evacuation notice, nor am I trying to be judgemental at all. Just honestly curious.

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I live in southcentral Louisiana. Evacuations, voluntary or otherwise, are summer facts here. It all depends on HOW you are evacuating.

If you're loading up your personal vehicle and heading for cousin Pepe's, who happens to love critters, then who and what you take is your business. One caveat: if you wait until an official evac order, chances are you'll end up in bumper to bumper traffic and running out of gas. If you can't carry everything on your back......

If you have transportation but no place to stay, the critters will not be welcome at shelters. You'll have to keep then in the vehicle..... In hot, humid conditions.

If your circumstances are such that you must rely on state evac services (elderly non-drivers, for example), then little Fido will not be allowed in the evac bus or the shelter you're heading to.

Some small rescues will offer boarding on a very limited basis, but it's not something to be counted on.

Basically, while you have the means, you make arrangements every year, just in case. If not, you forgo pets altogether, or take your chances leaving them home. And people's situations chance from time to time. You may have excellent arrangements for 10 years, then have unexpected problems (health, financial) and now your pet companion for the past 10 years may have to fend for himself during the next hurricane.

One thing I learned from helping Katrina evacuees: never rely on the government agencies, local, state, or federal. Have a plan and revised it EVERY year. And make sure you can carry what you need. Roads become parking lots during evacs. If you take too much stuff, you'll have to leave it on I-49 North.

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That's good to hear Kylah! Project suggie/cat nab aborted!!I repeat,ABORT!

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ROFLOL!!! I needed that!

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Is anyone else sitting here twitching, praying, refreshing, praying, twitching, then refreshing again? Just curious!

Surely it's not just me - for those that don't pray...don't lie you are still twitching and refreshing!!!!

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You're not alone!

Ok, I finally got to the post that the pets - and home - are fine (I was gone for a few hours).

My whole family's cheering!!!

Amazing, amazing feeling posting from my home...with my family...and all of my pets (except the gliders, which are at the vet because they offered to keep them and check them out before I ever even got them back), and I will get them tomorrow. Your prayers worked!

Scott, finally saw your comments. LOL

It was the Humane Society's second evacuation location on N Nevada. The people who took my info and garage door opener were in uniform, but not CSPD. Animal control officers, maybe?

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That's good to hear Kylah! Project suggie/cat nab aborted!!I repeat,ABORT!

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Bwaaa haaa haaa! After I posted about her sneaking in and you said that the police were arresting people...all I could picture was Kylah in a black and white striped jail suit in a cell holding a pouch of gliders smiling. Only thing is...I seriously don't think Kylah is "jail material". LOLOLOL!

SO happy this worked out. Now, I have to switch gears and share a very touching photo of a firefighter and a rescued fawn from the Waldo Canyon fires. This poor fawn had ran for safety and ended up somehow in a basement of a burning home. The picture was cropped that I could find but there is an original floating around as well that shows the poor little thing with all 4 hooves bandaged and bloodied. They said his legs were burned and bleeding. He was turned over to CO Wildlife. Details in the link. I hope and pray the little booger makes it through this. He looks EXHAUSTED. KUDOS to the firefighters that helped!

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-808164?ref=feeds%2Foncnn

Here is the full image. Breaks my heart.

Another image that completely broke my heart - I am glad that people were able to "let them go" so they could at least live.

Displaced deer in someone's yard...poor things.